A BACK TO YOU. BOB NORMAN REPORTING FOR US. BOB, THANKS A LOT. NOW TO VIDEO THAT ALLEGEDLY SHOWS THE MAYOR OF HIALEAH AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVING A SECRET AND ILLEGAL MEETING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THE POLITICS IN HIALEAH CAN BE A BARE KNUCKLES AFFAIR, AND IT CERTAINLY WAS TODAY AS A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR LEVELED ACCUSATIONS OF SWEEPING SUNSHINE LAW VIOLATIONS BY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. OUR SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PUTNEY JOINING US LIVE AT HIALEAH CITY HALL TO SORT THIS ONE OUT. MICHAEL. Reporter: CALVIN, POLITICS IN HIALEAH IS A ROUGH AND TUMBLE BUSINESS. WE SAW THAT AGAIN TODAY AS A FORMER HIALEAH MAYOR ACCUSED THE CURRENT HIALEAH MAYOR AND ALL SEVEN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS OF DOING PUBLIC BUSINESS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. MY CITY IS BEING DESTROYED BY DELINQUENTS. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. Reporter: HIALEAH MAYORAL CANDIDATE JULIO MARTINEZ IS ANGRY BECAUSE CITY HALL VIDEO HE OBTAINED SHOWS WHAT HE CLAIMS IS A FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S GOVERNMENT AND THE SUNSHINE LAW. THIS IS SO EGREGIOUS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. RANK CAMERA IN THE HIALEAH MAYOR'S OFFICE SHOWS ALL SEVEN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ENTERING OVER A TWO-HOUR PERIOD ON SEPTEMBER 9th AND THEN WALKING OUT LATER AT THE SAME TIME JUST BEFORE A PUBLIC COUNCIL MEETING BEGAN. THE MEETING OF THE FIRST HEARING OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2013-2014 LASTED EXACTLY 17 MINUTES. Reporter: MARTINEZ IMPLIES CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WERE COOKING UP A DEAL ON THE BUDGET, BUT THERE IS NO VIDEO OR AUDIO SHOWING THAT. THESE ARE SERIOUS CHARGES, A MASS VIOLATION ALLEGEDLY OF FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAWS, BUT MAYOR CARLOS HERNANDEZ IS NOT TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG, NOTHING WRONG HAS EVER BEEN DONE HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO VIOLATIONS SUNSHINE LAW. THIS IS A VERY FRUSTRATED FEW INDIVIDUALS, VERY FRUSTRATED, VERY DESPERATE THAT JUST SEE IT ALL GOING AWAY. Reporter: THE HIALEAH CITY ATTORNEY WHO WAS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT EVENING TELLS ME THIS IS ABSURD. THE FACT THAT TWO COUNCILMEMBERS WALK INTO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT THE SAME TIME DOESN'T MEAN THEY WERE TALKING CITY BUSINESS. THEY WERE WAITING TO INDIVIDUALLY TALK TO THE MAYOR. I'M A STRONG MAYOR. I DON'T VOTE. SO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO MEET PASS AN ADMINISTRATOR WITH MY COUNCILMEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY. Reporter: MAYOR HERNANDEZ CALLS ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND A BIG LIE. WHATEVER THEY ARE, THE MIAMI-DADE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS ALL OF THE C.D., OTHER MATERIALS THAT WE IN THE MEDIA GOT TODAY ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

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